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Leviticus 6:26
The priest who offers it shall eat it; it must be eaten in a holy place, in the courtyard of the Tent of Meeting.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — God instructs Moses to relay to Aaron and his sons the procedural law for the sin offering. This directive occurs during the initial establishment of priestly regulations following the consecration of the tabernacle service.
The words — הַמְחַטֵּא (ha/mechatte') identifies the specific priest presenting the sin offering, while קָדוֹשׁ (qadosh) marks the required location as set apart from common use. The text explicitly commands that the offering's flesh be consumed only within these designated boundaries.
The thread — Leviticus 10:17 enforces the same holy place consumption rule when correcting priestly negligence. Ezekiel 42:13 and 44:28 later map the courtyard boundaries and priestly inheritance structures that preserve this spatial distinction.
Why it lands — The text demands strict adherence to location boundaries for consuming sacred provisions. It establishes that ritual consumption is not a personal right but a controlled act restricted to consecrated space.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
The priest that offereth it for sin shall eat it: in the holy place shall it be eaten, in the court of the tabernacle of the congregation.
Cross-references
- Leviticus 10:17 “Why didn’t you eat the sin offering in the holy place? For it is most holy; it was given to you to take away the guilt of the congregation by making atonement for them before the LORD.
- Ezekiel 44:28 In regard to their inheritance, I am their inheritance. You are to give them no possession in Israel, for I am their possession.
- Ezekiel 42:13 Then the man said to me, “The north and south chambers facing the temple courtyard are the holy chambers where the priests who approach the LORD will eat the most holy offerings. There they will place the most holy offerings—the grain offerings, the sin offerings, and the guilt offerings—for the place is holy.
- Ezekiel 46:20 and said to me, “This is the place where the priests shall boil the guilt offering and the sin offering, and where they shall bake the grain offering, so that they do not bring them into the outer court and transmit holiness to the people.”
- Hosea 4:8 They feed on the sins of My people and set their hearts on iniquity.
- Exodus 27:9 You are also to make a courtyard for the tabernacle. On the south side of the courtyard make curtains of finely spun linen, a hundred cubits long on one side,
- Exodus 38:9 Then he constructed the courtyard. The south side of the courtyard was a hundred cubits long and had curtains of finely spun linen,
- Exodus 40:33 And Moses set up the courtyard around the tabernacle and the altar, and he hung the curtain for the entrance to the courtyard. So Moses finished the work.
- Leviticus 6:16 Aaron and his sons are to eat the remainder. It must be eaten without leaven in a holy place; they are to eat it in the courtyard of the Tent of Meeting.
- Numbers 18:9 A portion of the most holy offerings reserved from the fire will be yours. From all the offerings they render to Me as most holy offerings, whether grain offerings or sin offerings or guilt offerings, that part belongs to you and your sons.